Moore also tells us the Grand River Mosquito Control District is planning an urban treatment program if the spread of the ...

By 1881 Finlay had fixed on mosquitoes as the cause, but his theory was largely dismissed. After the Spanish-American War of 1898, during which far more U.S. troops died from yellow fever than ...

At the dawn of the 20th century, a U.S. Army Yellow Fever Board stationed in Cuba, headed by Major Walter Reed, confirmed a theory of Cuban doctor Carlos Finlay about the role of mosquitoes in ...

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URBAN outbreaks of yellow fever are brought to an end either by the eradication of the mosquito vector, Aëdes (Stegomyia) aegypti, or by the immunization of a high percentage of the human population.

Yellow Fever The Aedes aegypti mosquitoes carry the Yellow Fever virus from one host to another, primarily between monkeys, from monkeys to humans, and from humans to humans. There are two cycles ...